Wednesday, June 29, 2011

John and I with the Kraft Grandkids (Minus Jared) when we went to see Cars 2

Silas turned ten! What a wonderful boy! We will do a July 4th Party for him and also Julia who turns 13 on July 3rd!

Lynnette's preview book arrives! Excitement!

Our Sweet Anna is on the cover! She lives with Jesus!!! Her Story remains here on earth, to encourage people, and to lead them to God!

Vacation Bible School for the girls! And a program on Sunday!

Adelynn is between the two tall boys!

The girls' Uncle Brad, (Our son-in-law), was the "Beach Dude"!!! He is such a good sport...and this pastor loves kids!

18 year old Bailey loves kids too, and she helped lead recreation in VBS!

Grandpa and the girls went for a ride in the Mercedes on a summer evening!

Backyard fun with the Hula Hoops!

They played until it got dark!

I took the girls shopping while they were here. This is Julia's new top!

Grandma and Adelynn Rose!

Julia loves the slide!

Having fun with their older cousin Bailey!

Adelynn likes the noodles!

All packed up and ready to go.

It was time for the girls to leave me...after a week of fun! I cooked more and enjoyed every minute of it. We had fruit drinks, and ice cream sundaes, and watermelon...all those things that taste so good on a hot summer day!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Lynnette was the hostess with the mostest! Kyle has a funny look on his face...but I am pretty sure it was on purpose! He is a Ham, and always keeps us laughing.These smiling ladies finally got to celebrate their birthdays on Saturday night.I don't know if Lonna is asleep and having a happy dream...or if she is happy to be sitting by her fiance...or if the apple crisp and ice cream was so yummy she is just savoring every bite! (:>)Grandpa John always feels like he should pray again when we have desserts, cuz he is so thankful for them! (:>)Happy Harry! He can't wait to dig in to the cake and ice cream.Bailey enjoyed the treats too...and then she and Abigail went for a three mile walk!Of course Jared could be found by the coffee thermos! (That blur in the background is Kyle...I'm not sure why he was in such a hurry!Adelynn brought a friend!Julia actually posed like this to look cool! Ha!Oh...and I was there too! (:>)

We honored the dads at the party too, since the next day was Father's Day!A good time was had by all!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

I took a little blog break while we had company from Arizona for 3 weeks.

This is Julie and her little guy Ethan. Her husband Jason came too...but I didn't get any pictures of him. (My bad) Julie's mom Toni is one of my very best friends. We have been friends for over 30 years...and she is just like a sister to me.

Here we are at the Cracker Barrel with some of our company!

This little 3 yr. old stayed with us. Ethan is an amazing little boy! We got our 3 yr. old Harrison together with him for a little bit. Harrison was being a little shy, since they don't know each other.

Then my Bailey Bug had Graduation ceremonies at her church. Here are some pictures as some family and friends went to that.

This is Elizabeth in this picture with Bailey. Elizabeth is my other best friend Myrna's oldest granddaughter! She goes to Bailey's church.

Brad and Lisa with their "Adult" daughter Bailey! How time flies!

On our last trip to Nebraska to see my husband's family, we stopped to take a picture of this little Statue of Liberty that we saw just outside of Smith Center Kansas. I thought it looked neat sitting out there on the prairie all by itself.

And last week I got to meet the Kraft's visitor from New York....Ben! He was a fun guy. Here are some pictures from his week long visit.

They spent some time in Old Town!

Starbucks of course!

My handsome 20 yr. old Grandson Jared on the left...and his New York friend Ben on the right!

Abigail graduated at the end of May and she had an Open House, and I already blogged about that...and about the birthday she just had when she turned 18. Tonight we are celebrating her birthday with the family, along with her Aunt Lisa who had a birthday in May.

There are so many of us, it is hard to schedule times to do birthdays, so we do a couple of them at a time! We always have a ton of fun and there is always a lot of chaos going on!

Who Am I?

I have been blessed with a wonderful husband, three beautiful daughters, godly sons-in-law and 14 grandchildren (three are living in heaven) The other 11 kids age from 7 to 24, and there are 6 boys and 5 girls.